what made you stop texting and driving?

[alkemyst]

I've been happily married to my wife for well over 40 years now, and we get along, almost never have a disagreement, argument, or harsh word.

But I screamed in her face a while back when she texted our daughter about something trivial, we knew was driving to a convention in a major city. G-- d--- it, if you have to tell her something at least just call her ON the phone, otherwise just f---ing wait till she gets to her hotel.

Wife isn't stupid, just wasn't thinking. The less here is don't text someone you suspect is on the road.

Fortunately my daughter ignored her phone until she could safe check her messages.

That's a bit fucking insane.

You have to figure most people GET texts while they are driving and simply wait until it's safe to read them.

chill out bro, don't try and scare your wife about stupid things that were non-issues.

 

[alkemyst]

Fully extracted can be difficult when the body parts are literally smashed so into the vehicle that you cant tell whats part of the vehicle and whatrs part of the body. You just find out days later when it starts to smell up our warehouse that they missed some.

There is a reason they reassemble the 'corpse'...it's going to be rare that they are missing pieces. At least here in a major city that's how it's done.

 

[Rifter]

That's a bit fucking insane.

You have to figure most people GET texts while they are driving and simply wait until it's safe to read them.

chill out bro, don't try and scare your wife about stupid things that were non-issues.

I agree, if you cant ignore a text untill you get to your destination thats pretty sad.

 

[Rifter]

There is a reason they reassemble the 'corpse'...it's going to be rare that they are missing pieces. At least here in a major city that's how it's done.

Thats why we end up holding the vehicle in a secured warehouse for weeks after the accident incase they need to go back to the vehicle and gather any evidence missed while on scene.

 

[alkemyst]

Thats why we end up holding the vehicle in a secured warehouse for weeks after the accident incase they need to go back to the vehicle and gather any evidence missed while on scene.

It must be done very differently than here. I can see a finger tip or something being missed elsewhere, but they are going to know about any major body part not being present and hack the vehicle to pieces if they have to to get it added to the meat stack.

I have no doubt that it may work like that there, but it's not that hard for even a medical student to evaluate that a body is intact even when in pieces.

 

[MtnMan]

That's a bit fucking insane.

You have to figure most people GET texts while they are driving and simply wait until it's safe to read them.

chill out bro, don't try and scare your wife about stupid things that were non-issues.

Tell that to the man whose daughter was killed in a headon cause she glanced at a text she just received. Several seconds of inattention and dead is forever.

This is local, and I know several of the firefighters that had to cut her out of her BMW.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/23554570/detail.html

 

[HamburgerBoy]

On a less serious but still annoying-and-assholey-as-fuck note, has anyone noticed the stupid shits that stop at yields to get a text in, thinking no one will notice? For example, I'm driving in the left lane and there's no one in front of me and a few cars in the median, yielding to make a u-turn or a turn into a parking lot. However, where ordinarily they would have plenty of time to make the turn, they continue to yield. I initially think "Oh, look an overly cautious driver ensuring that I won't have to hit the brakes because they take a turn too late, how nice!" but then as I approach I realize their eyes are focused downwards.

I guarantee some of the people acting so passionate here about THIS topic are the very same ones who drive after a few beers or stoned or SOMETHING.

I never said I text and drive. I used to. I quit when I got a phone that was touchscreen only, but if I do crash and burn, I'll be sure to text you from hell while your driving.

Getting BJ's while driving...THAT causes accidents. They need to ban that (well..ok maybe not. I like BJ's..but I hate driving..maybe that could help me like driving)

....and while we're at it ban people from gawking at accidents caused by people texting because they cause more accidents and make me late and road rage. Road rage kills people. *eyeroll cause I'm too lazy to look up the code*

Point is, quit governing me. Don't like it don't do it. They made a law, deal with it. Don't act all high and mighty. We all know you aren't always keeping your eyes on the road. Unless you're the most boring person alive.

I would agree with this IF causing a serious accident while drinking/texting/getting head while driving meant execution.

 

[MtnMan]

It must be done very differently than here. I can see a finger tip or something being missed elsewhere, but they are going to know about any major body part not being present and hack the vehicle to pieces if they have to to get it added to the meat stack.

I have no doubt that it may work like that there, but it's not that hard for even a medical student to evaluate that a body is intact even when in pieces.

30+ years as a volunteer firefighter/first responder I can assure you that they aren't all the neat and inventory of pieces not that clear cut. Is that all 30 or so feet of their intestines, or only 20. You don't lay it out and measure it on scene.

Yea them med students, in the morgue or lab, on a table with good lighting, not in the middle of the night, in the rain, with the parts intermingled with a car that is wadded up like tinfoil.

 

[irishScott]

Nothing. I've only done it a few times, and never took my eyes off the road for more than 1/4 second while doing so. Given that I don't have a keyboard and know the key layout by touch, looking down was simply to make sure I'd gotten the last word right. At that point I could watch the road and do everything by touch and counting. Was extremely tedious and slow, not to mention nerve-wracking. I don't make a regular habit of it.

Think what you will ATOT, my driving record is sterling and I intend to keep that way.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Nothing. I've only done it a few times, and never took my eyes off the road for more than 1/4 second while doing so. Given that I don't have a keyboard and know the key layout by touch, looking down was simply to make sure I'd gotten the last word right. At that point I could watch the road and do everything by touch and counting. Was extremely tedious and slow, not to mention nerve-wracking. I don't make a regular habit of it.

Think what you will ATOT, my driving record is sterling and I intend to keep that way.

There are definitely cases where the risk is effectively zero. Being against it in any situation is as silly as the guy that thinks that driving after a beer with dinner is dangerous. It's the retarded masses (mostly teenaged assholes) that fuck it up for everyone.

 

[jteef]

why would i stop texting and driving. the statistics surrounding this activity simply do not support any further witch hunting.

The statistics we do have show "cell phone use" in whole to be far less of a problem than drinking & driving which has also shown a huge reduction in recent years.

Fact: you're 3500% more likely to murder yourself and 8800% more likely to be raped than you are to die in a driving while texting collision.

Find another crusade, imo.

 

[CZroe]

why would i stop texting and driving. the statistics surrounding this activity simply do not support any further witch hunting.

The statistics we do have show "cell phone use" in whole to be far less of a problem than drinking & driving which has also shown a huge reduction in recent years.

Fact: you're 3500% more likely to murder yourself and 8800% more likely to be raped than you are to die in a driving while texting collision.

Find another crusade, imo.

What? Are you making assumptions? The studies I've seen equate even talking to being as bad as drunk driving.

 

[alkemyst]

Tell that to the man whose daughter was killed in a headon cause she glanced at a text she just received. Several seconds of inattention and dead is forever.

This is local, and I know several of the firefighters that had to cut her out of her BMW.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/23554570/detail.html

So let's punish everyone from a random incident.

I don't agree with sending texts at all while driving, but most should be able to glance at a text much like the radio, or road signs, etc and be incident free.

However, I think most of these cases are examples of bad drivers with one more straw that ends up breaking their backs.

What usually is noted like this one is at the same time these drivers aren't participating 100% they are also speeding and a lot of times trying to weave. I noticed a huge woman on I95 going left to right with a phone in front of her face, her forearm resting on the wheel and at the same time trying to fix her hair in her rear view mirror. At the same time she was going at least 20mph more than the average person and braking and lane changing abruptly causing other drivers to slam their brakes and swerve.

There are people everyday like this on I95, one day they will end up in an accident and I am sure they will make 'texting' the main factor.

 

[shortylickens]

why would i stop texting and driving. the statistics surrounding this activity simply do not support any further witch hunting.

The statistics we do have show "cell phone use" in whole to be far less of a problem than drinking & driving which has also shown a huge reduction in recent years.

Fact: you're 3500% more likely to murder yourself and 8800% more likely to be raped than you are to die in a driving while texting collision.

Find another crusade, imo.

As I already worked through my depression and I conceal carry everyday, my odds are considerably lower.

 

[Ichinisan]

Why do we even have touch screens? I've never used one that I liked. I tried typing a message on my gf's phone and I couldn't even do it when I was looking right at it. My thumb is the size of 3 or 4 keys so it never hits the right one on the first try.

You try moving your thumb around until the right letter appears? Sheesh.

 

[Ichinisan]

why would i stop texting and driving. the statistics surrounding this activity simply do not support any further witch hunting.

The statistics we do have show "cell phone use" in whole to be far less of a problem than drinking & driving which has also shown a huge reduction in recent years.

Fact: you're 3500% more likely to murder yourself and 8800% more likely to be raped than you are to die in a driving while texting collision.

Find another crusade, imo.

I call BS. My friend was recently hit while walking along the side of the road in plain view. The driver was a young man. Even with nothing else to go by, my intuition tells me the driver was almost certainly texting.

 

[Ichinisan]

I guarantee some of the people acting so passionate here about THIS topic are the very same ones who drive after a few beers or stoned or SOMETHING. ...

I don't know what a beer buzz feels like. I can count all the alcoholic beverages I've consumed on one hand. Never used a controlled substance either.

I rarely use any kind of OTC medication and almost never fill prescriptions I've received in the past.

...so I've never driven in a state of chemical impairment.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Tell that to the man whose daughter was killed in a headon cause she glanced at a text she just received. Several seconds of inattention and dead is forever.

This is local, and I know several of the firefighters that had to cut her out of her BMW.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/23554570/detail.html

wow, talk about a myspace angle.

 

[jteef]

I call BS. My friend was recently hit while walking along the side of the road in plain view. The driver was a young man. Even with nothing else to go by, my intuition tells me the driver was almost certainly texting.

anecdotes.

the fervor over this nonsense is merely a way to empower and fund worthless special interest groups to take your rights and interfere with your personal life.

There are reckless driving laws in most states that are already adequate to handle anybody driving carelessly or recklessly.

 

[Engineer]

why would i stop texting and driving. the statistics surrounding this activity simply do not support any further witch hunting.

The statistics we do have show "cell phone use" in whole to be far less of a problem than drinking & driving which has also shown a huge reduction in recent years.

Fact: you're 3500% more likely to murder yourself and 8800% more likely to be raped than you are to die in a driving while texting collision.

Find another crusade, imo.

Hopefully you die without killing anyone else in the process while you text and drive you stupid mother fucker.

 

[Engineer]

Speaking of idiots...learn to read.

I read that just fine. The big word "If" that I placed in my sentence covers it all. Do you feel threatened by the "If" in that sentence? Something to hide? Otherwise, it doesn't apply to you.

 

[CZroe]

I guarantee some of the people acting so passionate here about THIS topic are the very same ones who drive after a few beers or stoned or SOMETHING. ...

A statement like this STRONGLY implies that you are attempting to justify behaviors you are guilty of. I have NEVER knowingly driven under the influence of anything but lack of sleep and I passionately hate anyone who considers is so flippantly as you do because they are the ones likely to do such a horrible thing.

 

[Jeff7]

I read that just fine. The big word "If" that I placed in my sentence covers it all. Do you feel threatened by the "If" in that sentence? Something to hide? Otherwise, it doesn't apply to you.

IF/THEN/ELSE statements should be taught in kindergarten.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I read that just fine. The big word "If" that I placed in my sentence covers it all. Do you feel threatened by the "If" in that sentence? Something to hide? Otherwise, it doesn't apply to you.

When you directly quote me, yes it applies to me.

 

[Engineer]

When you directly quote me, yes it applies to me.

Simply put:

If you text and drive, get the fuck off the road.

If you don't, this doesn't apply to you.


"IF"'s bolded to help you understand.

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